Benchmark Device To Mitigate Jaw Tremor Using Gyroscopic Effect

A tremor is a mildly rhythmic muscle contraction and relaxation that predominantly involves involuntary oscillations or twitching movements of one’s body parts. Jaw tremor looks more like shivering although with different amplitude and frequency which can vary. Jaw tremors hinder patients’ day to day activities and hamper confidence, causing social handicaps. There are only drug-based solutions for jaw tremors to date. Currently, there are some surgical treatments like Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), but, they have side effects. Our solution - the palliator a wearable, ergonomic device that dampens jaw tremors without producing any side effects on patients. The proposed solution uses two accelerometers to detect and distinguish involuntary tremors from the voluntary jaw motion and then uses the gyroscopic principle to control the involuntary motion, thus resisting the tremors.